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Radio schedule Wednesday 31st October 2018

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
June Whitfield

Like They've Never Been Gone

Episode 3.4: Can a tribe of African pygmies be persuaded to endorse Tommy and Sheila's CD?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
It's Jocelyn. Jocelyn Jee Esien. Copyright: BBC

Joy

Sitcom pilot set in a youth group, by Jocelyn Jee Esien.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
The Navy Lark. Copyright: BBC

The Navy Lark

Series 6, Episode 9 - Stormy Weather

Classic radio sitcom about life aboard a British Royal Navy frigate.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
Beyond Our Ken. Image shows left to right: Betty Marsden, Kenneth Horne. Credit: BBC

Beyond Our Ken

Long-running, hugely popular sketch show starring Kenneth Horne.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Who Goes There

Episode 3.2: Martin Young's famous people quiz.

Radio 4 11:30am (repeat)
Stanley Baxter

The Stanley Baxter Playhouse

Series 7, Episode 4 - The Pool

Two old men with a shared love of fishing meet on the banks of a Scottish salmon pool and recall past events that haunt them both.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
The Navy Lark. Copyright: BBC

The Navy Lark

Series 6, Episode 9 - Stormy Weather

Classic radio sitcom about life aboard a British Royal Navy frigate.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Beyond Our Ken. Image shows left to right: Betty Marsden, Kenneth Horne. Credit: BBC

Beyond Our Ken

Long-running, hugely popular sketch show starring Kenneth Horne.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Who Goes There

Episode 3.2: Martin Young's famous people quiz.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
June Whitfield

Like They've Never Been Gone

Episode 3.4: Can a tribe of African pygmies be persuaded to endorse Tommy and Sheila's CD?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
It's Jocelyn. Jocelyn Jee Esien. Copyright: BBC

Joy

Sitcom pilot set in a youth group, by Jocelyn Jee Esien.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Ankle Tag. Image shows from L to R: Bob (Steve Speirs), Alice (Katy Wix), Gruff (Elis James). Copyright: BBC

Ankle Tag

Series 2, Episode 1 - The Charity Gig

Ex-fraudster Bob gets the opportunity to catch up with a former resident of C Wing, who has written about his time in prison.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6:30pm (repeat)
Double Trouble

Double Trouble

Series 1, Episode 1 - Flanagan and Allen

Stuart Maconie presents a new series looking at comedy double acts. Arguably the first great comedy stars of the wireless age, Flanagan and Allen first teamed up in the twenties in Florrie Forde's Flo and Co revue before striking out on their own.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
The Navy Lark. Copyright: BBC

The Navy Lark

Series 6, Episode 9 - Stormy Weather

Classic radio sitcom about life aboard a British Royal Navy frigate.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
Beyond Our Ken. Image shows left to right: Betty Marsden, Kenneth Horne. Credit: BBC

Beyond Our Ken

Long-running, hugely popular sketch show starring Kenneth Horne.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
It's Jocelyn. Jocelyn Jee Esien. Copyright: BBC

Joy

Sitcom pilot set in a youth group, by Jocelyn Jee Esien.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
The Sofa Of Time. Image shows from L to R: Parker (Nick Frost), Mliford (Matt King). Copyright: BBC

The Sofa Of Time

Episode 6 - Here Comes Bod

Can Milford and Parker overcome Raamen Bod and find the Sofa of Time?

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
Nurse. Herbert (Paul Whitehouse). Copyright: Down The Line Productions

Nurse

Series 3, Episode 1

n these times of austerity the nurse has to make meagre resources stretch a long way. Nurse Elizabeth's family life is also more complicated, with her daughter needing a lot of support, so much so that the nurse makes a decision that will have potentially unhappy consequences for her patients.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
The In Crowd

The In Crowd

Episode 4.5: Unsympathetic beauty therapy and renting videos.

Radio 4 11:15pm
15 min
Tom Neenan. Copyright: Idil Sukan

The Hauntening

Series 2, Episode 3 - Viral

Tom attracts the attention of a very persistent vlogger...

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Dan And Nick: The Wildebeest Years

Dan And Nick: The Wildebeest Years

Dan Freedman and Nick Romero present spider pathologist Incy Wincy Quincy and The Archers abroad.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30am (repeat)
Double Trouble

Double Trouble

Series 1, Episode 1 - Flanagan and Allen

Stuart Maconie presents a new series looking at comedy double acts. Arguably the first great comedy stars of the wireless age, Flanagan and Allen first teamed up in the twenties in Florrie Forde's Flo and Co revue before striking out on their own.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Who Goes There

Episode 3.2: Martin Young's famous people quiz.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
June Whitfield

Like They've Never Been Gone

Episode 3.4: Can a tribe of African pygmies be persuaded to endorse Tommy and Sheila's CD?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
It's Jocelyn. Jocelyn Jee Esien. Copyright: BBC

Joy

Sitcom pilot set in a youth group, by Jocelyn Jee Esien.

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